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Anna and Fanny Smith daguerreotype, 1850 [copy 2 of 2]
Image: 1/6 plate; Two girls with center-parted shoulder-length hair dressed in nearly identical dresses in a patterned fabric, with plain fitted bodices, and shoulder-baring necklines, probably on drawstrings so they could be adjusted to growth and weight gain, with short sleeves pulled up at the he...
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| Collection: | Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collection (#3139) |
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| Date: | 1850 |
| Dimensions: | 6.9 x 8.2 cm 2 23/32 x 3 7/32 in 8.1 x 9.2 cm 3 3/16 x 3 5/8 in |
| Box Number: | Box 2B |
| Folder Number: | Folder 43a |
| Format: | Electronic |
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| Copyright: | Public Domain |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/5731 |
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Image: 1/6 plate; Two girls with center-parted shoulder-length hair dressed in nearly identical dresses in a patterned fabric, with plain fitted bodices, and shoulder-baring necklines, probably on drawstrings so they could be adjusted to growth and weight gain, with short sleeves pulled up at the hem, and low waistlines, skirts with fine gathers at the waist, each have one growth tuck (early 1850s). Preserver: [none]. Mat:Scallop with pebble finish (1840s). Case: Leather-covered wood-frame embossed with a floral design (a variation of Berg Nos. 5-94 and 5-112) on both the front and back, with a red velvet pinchpad and a red velvet cushion embossed with a floral design (1850). |
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